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Pericardial effusion is the condition of having an abnormal amount of fluid in the pericardial cavity of the heart. The pericardium does not expand. If enough fluid accumulates it will restrict cardiac filling and lead to acute heart failure, this is called cardiac tamponade. Small effusions are usually asymptomatic. Symptoms of a large effusion include Beck’s triad of distended neck veins, low blood pressure and muffled, distant heart sounds. Larger effusions are treated by pericardiocentesis, carefully removing the fluid with a needle.

Your Educators of course Pericardial Tamponade

Carlo Raj, MD

You probably know MD Edward Goljan and his Rapid Review Pathology Series. But do you know the "new" Goljan? His name is Carlo Raj and he is currently following his mentor's footsteps by presenting you pathology as you have never experienced before.

Carlo Raj has earned his MD at the Medical University of the Americas (MUA) and continued his medical career as professor of Pathophysiology at the Becker Professional Education, Chicago, USA, and as an international lecturer and author—both assisting MD Edward Goljan and later on his own. Today he teaches at Becker Professional Education and is also CEO of Indus Intellect, whose goal it is to spread medical knowledge across the globe.

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By Kathy M. on 18. November 2017 for Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade: Diagnosis and Treatment

Honestly, it is a godsend. The videos are clear, concise and fun! Dr. Raj is passionate and amazing! Also I watched many others videoes and all are fantastic! I wish I got to know about this earlier, it would have helped me immensely.
It has lectures from MCAT to USMLE 2 so all the courses are covered, never again I'll be stuck with not understanding and never again will reading the book become so time-consuming.
The bookmatching aplication that it has is genius and also just makes my life much easier.
I am using this program for my PANCE and it facilitates my learning to be more effective!
Thank you all so much for putting this together!
Highly recommended.

Thanks Dr Raj and keep on making the connections to understand the way of thinking in big frames

By Mohammed s. on 08. September 2017 for Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade: Definition

Actually at the beginning,it was very hard for me to follow Dr. Raj and it was very distracting, but now I find pathology lectures as the highest yield ones.I should stay alert during the lecture otherwise I'd listen to it again and again to digest the amazing connections among various pathologies.

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Awesome Lecture!

By Kathy M. on 18. November 2017 for Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade: Diagnosis and Treatment

Honestly, it is a godsend. The videos are clear, concise and fun! Dr. Raj is passionate and amazing! Also I watched many others videoes and all are fantastic! I wish I got to know about this earlier, it would have helped me immensely.
It has lectures from MCAT to USMLE 2 so all the courses are covered, never again I'll be stuck with not understanding and never again will reading the book become so time-consuming.
The bookmatching aplication that it has is genius and also just makes my life much easier.
I am using this program for my PANCE and it facilitates my learning to be more effective!
Thank you all so much for putting this together!
Highly recommended.

Thanks Dr Raj and keep on making the connections to understand the way of thinking in big frames

By Mohammed s. on 08. September 2017 for Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade: Definition

Actually at the beginning,it was very hard for me to follow Dr. Raj and it was very distracting, but now I find pathology lectures as the highest yield ones.I should stay alert during the lecture otherwise I'd listen to it again and again to digest the amazing connections among various pathologies.

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